After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared.

The world's largest species of seal has been devastated by bird flu, which has wiped out half of all breeding females at a ...

The British Antarctic Survey estimates that more than 50,000 individuals are missing from the beaches following the virus’s ...

Scientists have seen a significant drop in breeding female elephant seals following an avian influenza outbreak on the ...

The beaches of South Georgia, a remote splinter of ice and rock in the South Atlantic, should be a place of deafening, ...

Friends of the Elephant Seal is even holding a contest to guess when the first bull will arrive for the breeding season.

The largest population of elephant seals in the world suffered massive mortality in 2023 from H5N1 bird flu infection. Animal ...

Since highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) spread to the island of South Georgia in the sub-Antarctic in 2023, its ...

The world's largest species of seal has been devastated by bird flu, which has wiped out half of all breeding females at a ...

The world's largest species of seal has been devastated by bird flu, which has wiped out half of all breeding females at a ...

New research reveals 47% decline in breeding female elephant seals at sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia following a ...